Jasmina "Mina" Kostić ( sr-cyr, Јасмина "Мина" Костић; born Minira Jašari, , on 5 May 1975) is a Serbian

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singer.

Early and personal life

Mina Kostić was born as Minira Jašari in

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and raised in Ledine neighbourhood of

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, into a

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family of 10 children. She was adopted at 5 years of age by Evdokija "Duda" Ivanović. Her cousin is rapper

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, whose paternal aunt is Duda Ivanović. She changed her name when she was 19 in order to pay less for an Italian visa, together with her brother Enver who changed his name to Dejan. Her former partner is singer Igor Kostić, whom she dated from December 2007 until shortly after becoming parents to a daughter, Anastasija (born February 2009).

Career

Kostić has made many television appearances and performances, three albums, and is working on a fourth. She is known for an often provocative stage appearance, which occasionally attracts media comment. She has sung as guest at many high-profile birthday parties of Serbian celebrities such as:

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, and

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.Interview in Serbian
: ''Često si pevala na slavljima fudbalera. Kakva su ti iskustva? Jasmina Kostić Mina: Pozitivna, jer su oni su normalni ljudi. Pevala sam Stankoviću, Mihajloviću, Kežmanu i mnogim drugima. Bio je tu i Džej i OK Band, pa je atmosfera bila fantastična. Dejan Stanković je najjači lik i definitivno ga obožavam. Uz to je i najveći kavaljer, najlakše se hvata za džep. Baš mi se sviđa kao ličnost.''

Discography

Studio albums

*''Srčani udar'' (2000) *''No Comment'' (2002) *''Muziku pojačaj'' (2005)

References

1975 births Living people People from Orašje Singers from Belgrade 21st-century Serbian women singers Serbian turbo-folk singers Grand Production artists Serbian Romani people Adoptees Bosnia and Herzegovina Romani people {{Serbia-singer-stub